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Re:A Case Study in Not Being a Jerk in Open Source by hitekker on Friday June 22, 2018 @01:07AM (#17371486)
I took note of the “Mr torvalds or Mr Rogers” example. It was clever and I think the truth underlying it is that for an idea to survive its circumstances, it must be shepherded by certain kinds of personalities.
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Re:A Case Study in Not Being a Jerk in Open Source by davidkuhta on Saturday June 23, 2018 @04:42PM (#17383334)
Exactly.

I'll add, you accurately used the word shepherded and I thought, "I imagine there are times when sheep aren't too pleased to be handled by a crook". Maybe the Kernel Mailing List is Linus's crook...

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